ČEREŠNIČKY Czechoslovakian
PRONUNCIATION:	CHER-esh-neech-kee
TRANSLATION:
SOURCE:	Frantiček Bonuš, professor at the Academy of Music and Dance in Praha (Prague) in Central Bohemia, introduced this dance to folk dancers in the United States.
BACKGROUND:	This is a women's dance from Southeast Moravia (although men may participate).
MUSIC:	DDGU (7"EP) 114005, side B, band 1 (4 meas musical introduction with Coda); SUPRAPHON (LP) SUA 52754, side 2, band 1 (no musical introduction or Coda); Worldtone (45rpm) WT 1003 (no musical introduction or Coda).
FORMATION:	W in an open or closed cir with hands hoined and held down in "V" pos. If open cir is used, leader is at L.
METER/RHYTHM:	2/4
STEPS/STYLE:	KEY STEP: Step R across in front of L (ct 1); step L diag bwd to L (ct &); quickly bring R to L with a stamp (ct 2); pause (ct &). The first step may be accented.
MEAS	MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
	INTRODUCTION
	DDGU has 4 meas. There is no introduction on the SUPRAPHON or Worldtone recordings.
I.	SIDE TO SIDE
1	Step on straight L to L, turning head to L and moving hands fwd (ct 1); close R to L, taking wt and bending knee while turning head to face fwd and moving hands back (ct 2);
2	Step on straight L to L, turning head to L and moving hands fwd (ct 1); close R to L, taking wt and bending knee while turning head to face fwd and moving hands back (ct 2);
3	Step on straight L to L, leaving R in place (ct 1); touch R out to side with entire ft (ct 2);
4	Close R to L without wt, bending knee (ct 1); pause (ct 2).
5-8	Repeat action of meas 1-4 to R with opp ftwk and body action.
9-16	Repeat action of meas 1-8, taking wt on last closing step.
	CHORUS
1	Step R across in front of L (ct 1); step L swd (ct 2);
2	Step R across in front of L (ct 1); step L swd (ct 2);
3-4	Dance 2 Key Steps;
5	Step R across in front of L (ct 1); step L swd (ct 2);
6	Step R across in front of L (ct 1); step L swd (ct 2);
7-8	Dance 2 Key Steps;
9-16	Repeat action of meas 1-8.
	NOTE: Meas 1-2 are danced smoothly; meas 5-6 are danced with a low leaping action.
II.	SIDE TO SIDE WITH ORNAMENT
1	Step L to L (ct 1); close R to L (ct 2);
2	Step L to L (ct 1); close R to L (ct 2);
3	Hop R, swinging L heel across in front of R (ct 1); hop R, swinging L heel out to side (ct 2);
4	Close L to R, taking wt (ct 1); pause (ct 2).
5-8	Repeat action of meas 1-4 to R with opp ftwk.
9-16	Repeat action of meas 1-8.
	CHORUS
1-16	Repeat action of Chorus described above.
III.	SIDE TO SIDE
1-16	Repeat action of Fig I.
IV.	SIDE TO SIDE WITH ORNAMENT
1-16	Repeat action of Fig II.
V.	CODA
	NOTE: On some recordings, the Coda will not be danced because of the length of the recording.
	Variation 1
1	Moving to L, step R across in front of L (ct 1); hop R, bringing L around in circular motion with heel out (ct 2);
2	Step L (ct 1); hop L, bringing R around in circular motion with heel out (ct 2);
3-4	Dance 8 small quick steps to L, beg with R;
15-16	Repeat action of meas 1-4 three more times.
	Variation 2
1	Moving to the L, step R across in front of L (ct 1); hop R (ct &); step L swd (ct 2);
	NOTE: At the leader's discretion, the first step may be accented with a twisting motion of the body.
2	Step R across in front of L (ct 1); hop R (ct &); step L swd (ct 2);
3-4	Dance 8 small quick steps to L, beg with R;
5-16	Repeat action of meas 1-4 three more times.
	Variation 3
1-16	Breaking into cpls with Shldr-Waist pos, or into trios with low "V" pos, or Back-Basket hold, dance the same ftwk as in Variation 2 to end of music.
1	NOTE: This var danced instead of Var II unless length of Coda is doubled into 64 meas.
	Repeat entire dance from beg.
ČEREŠNIČKY
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